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- $500 for the privelege of being denied a season ticket to see the worst slate of home games in a decade
- Explain what the rules are to their wards and make sure they understand them;
- Monitor their wards to make sure they follow those rules;
- Report any violations of the rules; and
- Make sure those violations don't happen again
| Date | Title | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 9 weeks 2 days ago | Out of curiosity |
What's the chant at this point? When I graduated in 1999, it was "chump, dick, wuss, douuuuuchebag, asshole, prick, CHEATER!" I always liked that it ended with a elementary-school-level taunt. I was disappointed when I heard that it had grown, a few years later (and thus diminished the power of CHEATER!)... what is it now? |
| 20 weeks 1 day ago | This. |
I was about to post the exact same point. Was it indisputably not a catch? Apparently the refs thought so after review, and I'm really glad they did, but... not so sure. Although the last animated gif makes a very strong argument that the refs got it right. Of course, I think that it was about as good a catch as the called-back INT that VT had in the third quarter(?), and if that one wasn't good enough, then this one wasn't good enough either, so at least they were consistent. |
| 23 weeks 2 days ago | Wow. |
A game photo... in a jersey thread... with a picture of Oregon... where they weren't the offenders. I see what you did there. Well played, Moleskyn. |
| 25 weeks 1 day ago | Geez |
Ticket sales aren't -- and were never -- the issue. That photo that keeps cropping up of the completely empty stadium in Jacksonville for the ACC Championship in 2008 is the entirety of the debate. That game had over 50,000 tickets "sold", and turnstile records indicate half that many people actually showed up, which led to massive embarrassment to the conference, and further led to the ACC no longer using Raymond James Stadium or bringing the tourism dollars associated with the event to Jacksonville. Currently, nearly 10% of the ("sold out") stadium is available for sale on stubhub. Half of those tickets are for face value or below. Without some sort of assistance, attendance at the game is going to be atrocious. Who stands to lose? The conference, the stadium ownership, and the city. Until the "prankster" is outed, I'm on the side of those that think this was a real offer, extremely clumsily executed, that got pulled as soon as it went viral. |
| 27 weeks 1 day ago | "My jaw..." |
Yeah, that's right, this blog pulls out the ROGUELIKE references when things start gettin' real. Next up: detailed comparison of a certain dilithium-based lifeform vs. Rodney. Never change, Brian. |
| 29 weeks 3 days ago | Big Ten title game? Wow, the |
Big Ten title game? Wow, the standards really have fallen around here. |
| 29 weeks 3 days ago | "Please wait until something |
"Please wait until something actually happens" I'm sure there's more I haven't remembered. So... by your reasoning, as far as I can tell, we need to wait until the bell has been rung, and then attempt to un-ring it? |
| 29 weeks 6 days ago | Briefly |
On page 147 there're a few paragraphs about Shafer leaving ("...Shafer announced his resignation"; I didn't remember that detail, although it's obvious he was pushed out). And there's plenty of ink used to talk about how the defense kept getting worse and worse year after year, and the proxy battle that was Robinson's man Obi Ezeh vs. Rodriguez's man Kenny Demens in 2010. But it's certainly not one of the main themes of the book (through the first 375 pages, anyway -- I'll finish it on the commute home, I'm sure), which I suppose is mildly surprising. |
| 30 weeks 10 hours ago | Kinesiology |
Back in my day ('95-'98), there were enough football players in the Kines program that it was derogatorily known as "the study of relaxation". In hindsight, my time on campus was a hell of a lot more relaxed than a football player's three or four years, even though it was the Carr years. (Also: Now that I've unfairly ripped on your degree, it's only fair that I mention that I got a CS degree, which was at the time (and still?) a joint program between LSA & Engineering. Which is to say, I was too much of a nerd for a humanities degree, too much of a slacker to pass organic chem. Feel free to rip on my degree now.) |
| 32 weeks 13 hours ago | No, it's not. |
Not even close. And if you consider the massive number of violations -- I'm sorry, you call them self-reported violations, as if the description makes a difference -- to be an indication of how things are going well, it's going to be difficult to reach common ground. One last try: An institution in control has several responsibilities: OSU seems to have #3 down pat; I'm not so sure of 1 or 2, and it's patently obvious that 4 isn't even being considered. |
